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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Dorian Romero <dorian@saascoalition.org> <br />Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 3:12 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: special meeting city council- (budget) <br />Categories: Correspondence <br />We call for responsible use of public funds that benefit Santa Ana residents. Instead of paying for increased <br />cost of law enforcement, of the many public health crises we see today, let us invest in prevention, in solutions <br />that are driven by the real experts, by those directly impacted community members whose wellbeing is at the <br />center of our future as a city. Some suggestions by community are: <br />• investment in youth programs, intended for and designed by youth <br />• 5 million minimum to facilitate economic development on public lands driven by residents in Santa Ana, <br />with collaboration with our community land trust (THRIVE Santa Ana) and community organizations <br />• Housing for low income families, mercadito, parks and community centers, and low barrier shelters for <br />houseless people <br />• Support fund for small merchants and micro -enterprises, including cooperatives, and including support <br />for capacity building <br />• Funds in support of the LGBTQ+ community, inclusion of trans community members in decision - <br />making around use of federal stimulus funds, as we heard at the last Revive Santa Ana forum <br />• immigrant legal defense fund <br />• legal support fund for tenants <br />• 0 increase for police budget <br />• community centers for arts, culture, theatre in Spanish with themes relative to <br />Chicana/latinamerican/centralamerican culture etc. <br />